Penny Cula-Reid (born 2 February 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.
Prior to being signed for the national competition, she was a multiple premiership player in the Victorian Women's Football League and club captain for the St Kilda Sharks; she also represented Victoria at the under-19 national championships. She has also played cricket in the Victorian second XI and gridiron with the Victorian Maidens in the Lingerie Football League.
Cula-Reid was a member of the Australia women's international rules football team that played against Ireland in the 2006 Ladies' International Rules Series.
She was involved in a sex discrimination case when she and two other girls challenged the Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League and Football Victoria Ltd's rules that forbade girls from playing in mixed-sex teams after the age of twelve. The case resulted in a landmark 2004 ruling that outlawed sex discrimination for children under 14, meaning girls could now play in mixed-sex teams up to the under-14s instead of the under-12s, though this still prevented Cula-Reid from playing in mixed-sex teams.Court and Tribunal Decisions , Play by the rulesTaylor v Moorabbin Saints Junior Football League and Football Victoria Ltd VCAT 158 (17 February 2004) She has been credited with "effectively forcing" AFL Victoria to create a youth girls competition. A documentary, Even Girls Play Footy, was made about the case.
She played two games in the 2017 season.
After being delisted, Cula-Reid was appointed senior coach of Collingwood's VFLW team ahead of the 2018 season. She led the Magpies to the minor premiership, and was named VFLW Coach of the Year.
See also List of Caulfield Grammar School people
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